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More representatives from community agencies and concerned citizens connected Thursday evening as Step Up for Gadsden had its most recent meeting.
The areas for improvement discussed were education, economic development, community safety, community-wide health and quality of life, with a room designated for the discussion of each. Attendees could attend two meetings and then the larger group reconvened to discuss the suggestions made for making achievement gaps in each topic.

Former State Hospital resident Deontra French was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday afternoon, May 5, for his role in the beating death of another resident last February.
After his time in prison, which will be commuted by 414 days for time served, French will be on probation for five years, ruled 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Barbara K. Hobbs.

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Buckwheat’s, a new place in town just opened.
I was close to ecstatic when I realized the second word, (in much smaller print), after “Buckwheat’s,” was “BBQ.”
One of my all-time favorite things to do in this lifetime was to get up early and meet my good friend Joe Faggione for a hearty breakfast of buckwheat pancakes.
Now I search far and wide and cannot find a restaurant that serves those delicious, dark buckwheats.

From a teacher’s point of view, a child’s academic mistakes are worth their weight in gold. I really, really wish they wouldn’t be punished. Corrected, yes; punished, no. If a child is punished for making mistakes on a sheet of paper, either through bad grades, scolding or just simple disapproval (and coming from a respected adult, there is nothing simple about that disapproval), the child is going to go to great lengths to avoid punishment. It is human nature.

Talquin Electric had its annual meeting in East Gadsden High School’s gymnasium Saturday morning, during which a new member was elected to the Board of Directors, the co-op shared insights on the future of their business and prizes were given to members who participated in the election and stayed until the event’s end.

Traffic infractions incurred in the county will now be $5 steeper, as commissioners approved an ordinance allowing the increase at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
All funds collected from the additional $5 will go toward assisting driver education programs at schools deemed to have qualifying driver education programs, and are available for public and non-public schools, according to meeting filings. Schools must have programs that have students behind the wheel of a car for at least 30 percent of the class in order to
qualify.

The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office had a press conference Friday morning to announce a partnership the office has launched with the neighborhood watch committee in Quincy’s Scott Town community.
“It’s OK to call and report suspicious activity in the community to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office,” Sgt. Anglie Hightower of the sheriff’s office said to members of the neighborhood watch at the press conference.

An art teacher at West Gadsden High School had an art exhibition in the school’s media center Thursday evening, during which she displayed some of the creations her students have made for class projects this year.
Johnnie Clarke said many students have truly stumbled upon their artistic ability, only being in art classes for the first time but quickly showing talent. Gamaliel Lara, a 14-year-old seventh-grader who had two pieces place first and one place second, is one of those students.

Quincy Main Street intends to return Quincy Fest to its original glory days of attracting 15,000 visitors, Executive Director Joe Munroe says, and he hopes its annual iteration taking place this coming Saturday re-establishes the event’s place in the community.
“We’re looking at this as Ground Zero,” Munroe said.